'That is equivalent to burning about 630,000 pounds of coal every hour' Ruptures on Nord Stream gas pipeline may have led to what is likely the biggest single release of climate-damaging methane ever recorded, UN says
Multiple gas leaks in the Baltic Sea on the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe may have led to the"largest [Methane] emission event ever detected," UN says.
A huge plume of highly concentrated methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent but shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, was detected in an analysis this week of satellite imagery by researchers associated with UNEP's International Methane Emissions Observatory, or IMEO, the organisation said on Friday. On Friday, a spokesperson for Russian gas giant Gazprom said 800 million cubic metres of natural gas had escaped after explosions hit two pipelines under the North Sea.
That is the equivalent of burning 1.1 billion pounds of coal, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
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NATO believes Baltic Sea gas leaks were sabotageCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The NATO military alliance warned Thursday it would retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries and joined other Western officials in citing sabotage as the likely cause of damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
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Baltic Sea pipeline leak damages marine life and climateWASHINGTON (AP) — Methane escaping from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines that run between Russia and Europe is likely to result in the biggest known gas leak to take place over a short period of time and highlights the problem of large methane escapes elsewhere around the world, scientists say.
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NATO believes damage to natural gas pipelines in Baltic Sea were sabotageNATO believes that damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is the result of sabotage.
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Baltic Sea pipeline leak will have 'significant detrimental' impact on climate, researchers sayMethane escaping from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines that run between Russia and Europe is likely to result in the biggest known gas leak to take place over a short period of time, and highlights the problem of large methane escapes around the world.
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